Mayan EDMS is a free, open-source document management system that allows you to store, manage, and share documents with ease. In this tutorial, we will go through the steps to install Mayan EDMS on NixOS Latest.
Before we begin, make sure you have the following:
First, we need to install the dependencies required by Mayan EDMS. Open the terminal and run the following command:
sudo nix-env -i python37 python38 python39 nginx postgresql
The above command installs Python 3.7, 3.8, and 3.9, the NGINX web server, and PostgreSQL database.
Now, we can install Mayan EDMS. Run the following command:
sudo nix-env -iA nixos.mayan-edms
This command installs Mayan EDMS on your NixOS Latest system.
After installation, we need to configure Mayan EDMS. Open the configuration file /etc/mayan-edms/settings/local.py using your favorite text editor:
sudo nano /etc/mayan-edms/settings/local.py
Add the following lines at the end of the file:
DATABASES = {
'default': {
'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql',
'NAME': 'mayan',
'USER': 'postgres',
'PASSWORD': '',
'HOST': 'localhost',
'PORT': '',
}
}
Save and close the file.
Now, we need to initialize Mayan EDMS. Run the following command:
sudo -u mayan mayan-edms.py initialsetup
This command initializes the Mayan EDMS database, creates a superuser account, and sets up the media and static files.
Finally, we can run Mayan EDMS. Run the following command:
sudo systemctl start mayan-edms
This command starts the Mayan EDMS service.
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Mayan EDMS on NixOS Latest. For more information on how to use Mayan EDMS, refer to the official documentation at https://docs.mayan-edms.com/.
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